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The Ventilator Question: ICU Doctors Struggle With End-Of-Life Ethics

Hand of a patient with severe corona in an intensive care unit
An elderly patient with severe COVID in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Fulda, Germany Boris Roessler/dpa/ZUMA

Instead of ending ICU treatment and allowing relatives to say goodbye peacefully, doctors often keep patients alive for too long. The pandemic has forced us to revisit eternal dilemmas and shown that Intensive Care Units are often unprepared to confront tough ethical questions.

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Fear And Hope Riding In A Florence Taxi Cab For Sick Children

Caterina Bellandi and her "Milano 25" taxi in front of Florence's Ponte Vecchio
Caterina Bellandi and her "Milano 25" taxi in front of Florence's Ponte Vecchio La Stampa

FLORENCE — “This taxi is a revolution of love: I’m rediscovering life thanks to death …” Caterina Bellandi’s words are nearly as colorful as her coat. For the past 12 years, this exuberant Florentine taxi driver has turned off the meter to give joy rides around Florence to child cancer patients, or simply accompany them […]

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